balanitisn.
/baləˈnʌɪtɪs/ Pathology and Veterinary Medicine.
Inflammation of the glans penis in mammals.
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priapism?a1425
satyriasis?c1425
phimosis1674
paraphimosis1684
chordee1708
posthitis1842
phallitis1846
balanitis1853
tentigo1860
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1853 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
1871 Med. Times (Philadelphia) 1870–71 I. 397 (title) Balanitis.
1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Balanitis, inflammation of the surface of the glans penis, with purulent discharge. It may be simple or gonorrhœal.
1881 Trans. Internat. Med. Congr. III. 142 Professor Kaposi, Vienna, mentioned that..diabetic patients are disposed to balanitis.
1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog xxii. 344 There are few troubles of the genital organs that need attention in either dog or bitch. What is called Balanitis is a slight running of pus from the organ of the male.
1955 S. H. Gaiger & G. O. Davies Vet. Pathol. & Bacteriol. (ed. 4) xxv. 684 Balanitis, or inflammation of the mucous membrane covering the glans penis and lining the prepuce, is not infrequently met with in animals.
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